...nothing on earth can stop man from feeling himself born for liberty. Never, whatever may happen, can he accept servitude; for he is a thinking creature.

War, which perpetuates itself under the form of preparation for war, has once and for all given the State an important role in production.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

To wish to escape from solitude is cowardice. Friendship is not to be sought, not to be dreamed, not to be desired; it is to be exercised (it is a virtue).

The demonstrable correlation of opposites is an image of the transcendental correlation of contradictories.

Everything without exception which is of value in me comes from somewhere other than myself, not as a gift but as a loan which must be ceaselessly renewed.

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.